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A local activist is proposing for a northern California county to secede and become its own state, arguing for residents to have their way of life respected.

A new proposal would have a county in northern California secede and become its own state, with the local activist behind the effort calling for residents t ...

A new proposal would have a county in northern California secede and become its own state, with the local activist behind the effort calling for residents to have their way of life restored and respected. El Dorado County, which is located just east of the state capitol of Sacramento and nestled between California and Nevada,

A new proposal would have a county in northern California secede and become its own state, with the local activist behind the effort calling for residents to have their way of life restored and respected.El Dorado County, which is located just east of the state capitol of Sacramento and nestled between California and Nevada, is

A new proposal, put forth by a resident and supported by at least one former county leader, would have El Dorado County secede to become the 51st state.

County residents “want their former livelihoods restored and their rural way of life respected,” the resident leading the secession push wrote.

There's a new effort by rural Californians to break away from the state. The movement calls for El Dorado County to become its own state, independent from California.

A group of residents from El Dorado County met May 24 at the El Dorado Community Hall to discuss a newly devised plan to split a state off California. Rather than the State of Jefferson...